An estimated 250,000 people turned out for the 2024 Dodgers World Series championship parade on Friday, November 1, 2024. I was one of them. I don’t usually watch baseball, but this year, with Shohei Ohtani smashing records—54 homers, 59 stolen bases—I couldn’t help but tune in. And the last comeback game? It was pure magic. I sat there, jaw dropped, heart racing, as they pulled off the kind of win that feels like destiny. It made me want to be part of the celebration, to feel that electric joy in person.
We left home around 9:30 and took the light rail to catch the 11 o’clock parade. Luckily, we boarded at an early stop and managed to squeeze in, though by the next few stations, the train was so packed that people were left behind on the platform. When we finally got to our station, even the elevator had given up, broken down under the weight of too many excited fans.
When we reached the parade route, it was a sea of people. I’d been to a Rams parade a few years ago, but this crowd made that one look tiny. I ended up so far from the action that when the open-top bus finally arrived, I couldn’t even tell who was on it. My first attempt at recording with a new video setting was a disaster—a shaky, blurry mess that might show someone’s hand waving if you squint.
Still, despite everything, it was an unforgettable experience. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with thousands of fans, all of us there to share a moment, I felt like I was part of something bigger—something special.
週五（2024 年 11 月 1 日），估計有 25 萬人參加了 2024 年道奇隊世界大賽冠軍遊行。我就是其中之一人。雖然我沒有常常看棒球比賽，今年熱哄哄的大谷翔平，這一季擁有54個全壘打及59個盜壘的記錄，讓我也開始注意道奇的比賽。最後一場神奇的反敗為勝的比賽更是讓我瞠目結舌，興奮不已。因而讓我想參加遊行，感受一下熱鬧的氣氛。我們在9點30分左右離開家，搭乘輕軌參加11點的遊行。慶幸的是我們在靠前面的站上車，還上得了車。因為車很擁擠，很多人在後面幾站根本就上不了車。當我們出站時，其中一部電梯也因載客量過多而故障。當我們到達遊行路線時，那裡已經擠滿了人。幾年前我去過公羊隊的遊行，那次遊行的人數似乎比這次少許多。我站得離遊行隊伍太遠，所以當敞篷雙層巴士到來之時，我連是誰在上面都不曉得。而且我第一次嘗試一種新的視頻設定來錄製視頻，真是糟糕透頂。即使如此，這還是一次難忘的經驗。
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